Thesaurus results for NIDUS

nidus

noun

ˈnī-dəs

as in nest

a place or environment that favors the development of something a type of contact lens that proved to be a nidus of infection

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Recent Examples of nidus To deliberately collapse and compress a lobe of lung, and with it, its nidus of festering infection. —Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2017 The indisputably desirable goal of supporting walking, biking and bus-riding around an Uptown nidus was severely wounded. —Star Tribune, 30 Nov. 2020

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Whenever the other eagles in the aviary came near his rock and its nest, Murphy would scream and charge at them, the sanctuary wrote.

— Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
When the researchers approached the bird’s nest, the fuzzy nestling shook its head, flicking it back and forth.

— ByErik Stokstad, science.org, 20 Mar. 2025